An agreement has been reached to extend the truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas by two more days, Qatar’s foreign ministry…
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‘You have to accept that you can be killed. But it is always scary.’ The story of one bloody battle in a trench in eastern Ukraine
“Guys, leave me here. I can’t walk,” pleads a Ukrainian soldier sitting in a narrow trench under constant Russian bombardment. His legs have…
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A herd of wild elephants in Malaysia trampled on a car traveling along a major highway after it struck a baby in…
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The United Arab Emirates’ team organizing the COP28 climate talks that begin this week was planning to use its position as host…
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For more than six weeks, the conditions in which the Israeli hostages captured by Hamas were being held in Gaza were virtually…
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Throughout the 50 days Noam and Alma Or were held captive in Gaza, one thought kept the siblings going: reuniting with their…
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Opponents vow ‘beginning of the end’ for Myanmar’s junta as resistance launches nationwide offensive
Almost three years on from its bloody coup, Myanmar’s military junta is facing the biggest threat to its hold on power as…
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As any smoker will tell you, quitting tobacco isn’t easy – and it’s something New Zealand’s new government just isn’t prepared to…
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A green pit viper coiled around a drainpipe, three blue-banded bees sleeping on a grass blade, and a gecko climbing a tree…
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Rescuers successfully drill through to trapped men in Himalayan tunnel in breakthrough for perilous operation
Rescuers on Tuesday successfully drilled through to 41 men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel, as a weekslong evacuation effort fraught with uncertainty…